Murder in Soho: Who Killed Freddie Mills?

Originally posted on robinjarossi.com 31 7 18 ‘To this day, the case has puzzled me.’ These are the words of Professor Brian J Ford during BBC4’s Murder in Soho: Who Killed Freddie Mills? And the death of Britain’s former boxing hero has certainly attracted rumour, legend and some wacky theories since his apparent suicide in 1965. I was pleased that this documentary took a fairly sober approach to the case. It is far better than the recent irritating and overlong Ruth […]

Freddie Mills rumours

Originally posted on robinjarossi.com 30 8 17 I only devote a page or so to the theory that British light-heavyweight boxer Freddie Mills was the Nude Killer in The Hunt for the 60s’ Ripper. The reasons for my scepticism? Mills never appeared in any police reports as a suspect and there are simply no facts connecting him to the crimes. But there have always been rumours. In the past week newspaper reports have brought these back with a vengeance. A […]